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I was speaking more broadly about billionaires giving a tiny portion of their wealth away, not this specific example.

First I couldn’t read the full article because I don’t subscribe to the NYT, but…

I don’t think the response is providing cover. It encourages the question-asker to use this rental income for lobbying against ICE.

It’s providing cover in exactly the same way that billionaires use philanthropy to launder their image: by asserting that giving a tiny portion of one’s ill-gotten gains to ‘good causes’ somehow ameliorates the ethical implications of acquiring it in the first place.

It does not.

Oh I’m well aware that this is not new, they’ve just taken shilling for the elite in the guise of being ‘about the people’ to new heights with this one.

Well, I see the NYT has certainly evolved with the changing times. Where once it pretended to talk about issues faced by us all it has now apparently retreated to the much more financially-secure world of providing ethical cover for landlords who profit from human suffering. If this is a ‘war on immigration’ these guys are literally war profiteers. Definitely ‘speaking for the people’ there, NYT. No, in case you were wondering, the word ‘rich’ does not in fact belong inside those quotes.

The ones who care more about securing funding and winning elections than having principles. By which I mean party leadership.

OMG quick he dropped a $100 bill, if you run you can still catch it!

sigh

I’m not saying it’s not relevant, I’m saying it’s not worth generating 50 headlines every time the guy who literally only says crazy shit says something that’s a little crazy. Iono, put that shit into a daily/weekly digest or something.

Why is ‘notorious firehose of bullshit spews even more more bullshit’ still a headline anymore? Oh wait it’s the daily beast, firehose of bullshit is kinda their whole shtick. Carry on.

Yeah that’s exactly what’s going on here, I’ve seen it happen so much these past few months, and all this kowtowing is disgusting. Not that I ever thought particularly highly of giant corporations in the first place.

‘Rich guy thinks thing designed to make rich guys even richer is great, to the surprise of literally no one ever.’

Or, alternatively

‘Rich guy kowtows to fascist regime in the hopes of being allowed to continue getting richer.’

Take your pick.